11489723

MULTICAST DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (mDNS)-BASED PULL REGISTRATION

PublishedNovember 1, 2022
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2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the centralized discovery controller comprises a centralized discovery controller proxy that is implemented in a same Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) as the NVM storage subsystem so that it receives the one or more multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) messages from the NVM storage subsystem.

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3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein centralized discovery controller proxy forwards at least one of the one or more mDNS messages from the NVM storage subsystem to the centralized discovery controller to facilitate communicating to the centralized discovery controller that the NVM storage subsystem seeks registration with the centralized discovery controller.

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4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the discovery information enables a host to access at least part of the NVM storage subsystem that the host is permitted to communicate with.

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5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the centralized discovery controller comprises a centralized discovery controller proxy that is implemented in a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) and establishes a connection between the host and the at least part of the NVM subsystem.

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6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the pull registration message from the centralized discovery controller is a get log page message with an identifier to request for the NVM storage subsystem to return the discovery information via a log page entry or entries.

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7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the discovery information identifies a set of storage interfaces associated with the NVM storage subsystem that request a pull registration.

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9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the mDNS probe message is one of the one or more mDNS messages.

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12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the centralized discovery controller comprises a centralized discovery controller proxy that is implemented in a same Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) as the NVM storage subsystem so that centralized discovery controller receives the mDNS response from the NVM storage subsystem.

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13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein centralized discovery controller proxy forwards the mDNS response from the NVM storage subsystem to the centralized discovery controller to facilitate communicating to the centralized discovery controller that the NVM storage subsystem seeks registration with the centralized discovery controller.

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14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein at least some of the discovery information enables a host to access at least part of the NVM storage subsystem that the host is permitted to communicate with.

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15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the centralized discovery controller comprises a centralized discovery controller proxy that is implemented in a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) and establishes a connection between the host and the at least part of the NVM subsystem.

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16. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the pull registration message from the centralized discovery controller is a get log page message with an identifier to request for the NVM storage subsystem to return the discovery information via a log page entry or entries.

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18. The information handling system of claim 17, wherein at least some of the discovery information enables a host to access at least part of the NVM storage subsystem that the host is permitted to communicate with.

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19. The information handling system of claim 17, wherein the centralized discovery controller interfaces with a centralized discovery controller proxy, which is a member of a same Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) as the NVM storage subsystem, that helps facilitate the step of using a multicast Domain Name System (mDNS) protocol to determine whether an interface of an NVM storage subsystem is unregistered and whether the NVM storage subsystem supports pull registration.

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20. The information handling system of claim 17, wherein the pull registration message from the centralized discovery controller is a get log page message with an identifier to request for the NVM storage subsystem to return the discovery information via a log page entry or entries.

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Publication Date

November 1, 2022

Inventors

Erik SMITH
Joseph LaSalle WHITE

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